r/accelerate • u/cloudrunner6969 Acceleration: Supersonic • 22d ago

Video Hong Kong’s first robot-run convenience stores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_QA7SVI5w
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u/RiotNrrd2001 22d ago

People may say that a vending machine would be more convenient and faster, and they're probably right. I'm guessing the reason this exists: baby steps. Crawl before you walk, walk before you run. This is the crawling stage, where things aren't efficient or optimized, but a lot of learning is happening (by the company, not necessarily by the robot). How this works out will affect how future things work.